TrueCafe has been designed to help you run a cybercafé. It can keep track of the time each customer spends on an Internet connection. The program supports all types of computers and portable devices, including laptops, tablets, smartphones and game consoles. Fortunately, its interface is quite intuitive, so you will not have any problem to use it. Most of the operations can be carried out from its main window. However, there are some more intricate features, which are mostly related to configuring the tool.
The program allows you to manage both wired and wireless Internet browsing services. In this respect, it is good that it is possible to use customized login pages. Likewise, it lets you communicate with workstations through text messages. The tool permits setting different rates grouped in various modes. Moreover, you can create user groups and control them as a batch. It is also very convenient that TrueCafe helps you calculate how much traffic has been generated on a given terminal. Although your customers will probably dislike this possibility, the program also lets you access browsing histories.
It is great that TrueCafe can also help you save power, and, consequently, business operation costs. In this regard, the tool can turn off or on computers according to their status. Similarly, it lets power off all the networked computers in a single operation. Fortunately, this program is also useful to manage sales other than Internet services. As to this feature, it lets you create bills including other services and goods, and it even supports entering barcode.
All in all, TrueCafe may be the right solution if you need to run a small Internet café. Still, the program is susceptible to being accessed by unauthorized users due to some security breaches. In case you want to try it, there is a free version with limitations as to the number of stations it can manage.
v4.6 [Feb 18, 2011]
- Display advertisement on your terminals on the TrueCafe Client background. An advertisement can be a web page or picture. Use TrueCafe main menu > Setup > Advertisement to configure the ad list and display interval.
- Configure all your print options, such as monochrome/colour page rates, print firewall and confirmation on the same screen: TrueCafe main menu > Setup > Print billing
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- Export most of the lists (tickets, sales, etc.) to CSV-files, which you can open in Open Office and other programs.
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- Customize your ticket print layout, add/remove captions, add your cafe logo, etc. Edit tickets.layout file in the TrueCafe folder. Preview ticket layouts.
- Specify whether a customer is allowed to log in to desktop or Wi-Fi or any terminals.
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- Print a number of tickets on the same page (e.g. A4) or cut every ticket (1 page = 1 ticket). The latter approach is useful when you print tickets on the receipt printer.
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- Hide Windows Start button, desktop items, taskbar, etc. - now from the TrueCafe Client side.
Minor improvements:
- Print monitor: correct copies number calculation
- Change currency string
- New operator access options: top-up customer accounts, start/extend sessions
- No need to restart server any more when new tickets created
- "Run as Administrator" not required to register the software
- Sell items: fractional quantities
- Daily report. An operator only sees his/her sales
- WebReports. Printer friendly pages
- WebReports. Access
- Options value field size increased
- Program error reports by email
Bugs fixed:
- TrueCafe Client sometimes doesn't lock the terminal screen
- "List index..." error when adding inventories
- Incorrect Wi-Fi billing redirect link
- Receipt. Font color not saved
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